Craft beer enthusiasts will have the chance to sample brews from across the state when the Virginia Museum of History & Culture hosts its eighth annual Virginia Brews festival on Saturday, Aug. 2.

The event, part of Virginia Craft Beer Month, begins at 6 p.m. and will feature more than a dozen breweries, along with live music from the band Night Allowance and food from vendors including 1115 Mobile Kitchen, River City Wood Fire Pizza and Cocina Calle.

Festival admission includes eight 3-ounce tastings, a commemorative glass, and access to all museum exhibitions, including “Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619 – 1865.”

This year’s festival will also include demonstrations by Marshall Scheetz of Jamestown Cooperage, who will showcase traditional barrel-making techniques. Scheetz, an independent scholar, specializes in historical reproductions and the study of cooperage from the 18th and 19th centuries.

General admission tickets are $45. Designated driver tickets are $12. For more information, visit virginiahistory.org.